The English language industry, in which non-native speakers are taught to speak a language frequently foreign to them and their cultures, is the hydra of the title. While billed as essential, empoweri
English Language as Hydra argues that, far too often, the English language industry has become a swirling, beguiling monster, unashamedly intent on challenging local lingua-diversity and threatening i
This book explores the ways and means by which English threatens the vitality and diversity of other languages and cultures in the modern world. Using the metaphor of the Hydra from ancient Greek myth
